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Re:Decimal BASIC:a tool for calculation and investigation by kristopolous on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @03:02AM (#37829279)
Adjacent topic. If you're in the Bay, the co-inventor of BASIC, Thomas E. Kurtz, is being awarded at CHM in November. https://computerhistory.org/events/2023-fellow-award-ceremon...

He's 95 so if you wanted to meet him, that event is a great time. The Turing Award winner Barbara Liskov and the founder of iRobot, Rodney Brooks, is also on that schedule.

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Re:Decimal BASIC:a tool for calculation and investigation by password4321 on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @12:36PM (#37834334)
Still for sale!

True BASIC by Kemeny and Kurtz (3 days ago, 31 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37802703

Several cool anecdotes there.

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Re:Decimal BASIC:a tool for calculation and investigation by kristopolous on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @05:51PM (#37838092)
I presume basics are still in wide use, just not with people I interact with. VBA for example. PureBasic, FreeBasic, there's still many out there. And of course TI-Basic
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